Designed for high school students, college undergraduates and the general researcher, this three-volume set offers a clear and innovative approach to immigration history that can also be used by advanced students and scholars. Fully updated, it features dozens of new entries as well as extensive updates to existing entries. Taken together, they paint a wide-ranging portrait of the trials and triumphs of immigration in the United States from the 17th century to the present, treating this complex issue in extensive detail.